Well I have heard change; things will change. I am 84 years old and I have seen many changes. If our president and everyone up in Washington, D.C., would have put their heads together they could have everything fixed they say is wrong. ...more

March 20, 2010

The issue: Sheriff's proposal to take over jail. ...more

March 17, 2010

I read the illegal's census article. Why am I not surprised? Avon Park, "Illegal Haven." ...more

March 17, 2010

Voters will decide a contentious tax battle involving Sarasota County schools today. At stake, millions of dollars used mainly to pay teachers. The debate has parents and volunteers trying to get out the vote using a phone bank set up inside the Sarasota County Democratic Party headquarters. Rita Ferrandino said while the party has offered the use of its site, Republicans, Democrats and independents have all worked side by side in the last week trying to push people to the polls. ...more

March 16, 2010

Ask your congressmen where in the Constitution it says the government must provide health care to the citizenry. When you look at the programs that the government now runs, you get a dismal picture. These programs, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the U.S. Post Office and Amtrak, all run by the government have one thing in common. They are all broke. With this track record, I think the new so-called health care reform program the Congress is determined to force on us, is destined to be just another miserable expense for the taxpayers. ...more

March 16, 2010

Common expression Recently the president used a very common expression. He stated it was his goal to see that there is a job available for anyone who wants to work. ...more

March 12, 2010

Nugent: Not about self-gain ...more

March 9, 2010

I have been reading a lot about this lately. In most cases our commissioners want to contract out everything to save us taxpayers money and now they are considering letting the sheriff take over the jail from CCA. ...more

March 6, 2010

The thought of turning to a third party is intriguing yet is also scary. There is widespread disenchantment with both the Democrats and the Republicans in Washington. We see that many of them love the power of big government and the pleasure of spending the taxpayers' money! The perquisites of a career in office are an irresistible temptation. A third party is not the answer, however. The third party and the party they have abandoned are almost guaranteed to lose the next election, turning over the spoils to the other party. ...more

March 4, 2010

In its biggest deal since getting multiple infusions of federal bailout money, American International Group agreed Monday to sell its Asian life insurance business for $35.5 billion and return most of the proceeds to the U.S. Treasury. ...more

March 2, 2010